Exchange 2016 Upgrade

Project Scope

Email is a mission-critical application. The current Exchange 2010 shared-service environment is reaching the end of if its useful life cycle. The project begins implementation of an upgrade from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016.

Goals

Phase I – Perform an operational upgrade for the on-premises Exchange and IronPort applicance infrastructure by and move the alternate DR site from S&T to UMKC.

Phase II – Conduct a technical investigation to prepare for a hybrid architecture using Microsoft Office 365 by mid 2017.

Phase III – Based on the findings of the investigation above, develop a plan to implement the results of the investigation.

Phase I Deliverables

On-premises Exchange replacement design.

Hybrid architecture, including authentication infrastructure design.

Equipment order and installation for Phase I on-premises replacement.

Installation and configuration of a new/upgraded firewall and a new/upgraded hardware load balancer in the Columbia and UMKC sites.

Configuration, testing, and deployment of Exchange 2016 for all campuses.